Yes, you’re fascinating, but are you using it to your advantage?

Last week, I was in Orlando emceeing and presenting at GKIC’s SuperConference. The room was full of the most ambitious, most successful entrepreneurs—the ones that make things happen—who had spent their money and, more importantly, their time to continue learning. Remember that school is never out for the real pro…no matter what level you are at.

I got the privilege, among those who attended, to be the very first to see Sally Hogshead’s special presentation on how to attract more customers and money using your “fascination.”

Sally showed how she used “her fascination” to go from making $3000 to $30,000 per speaking engagement…and how we could use our “fascination” to increase our fees for our products and services substantially too.

She said, “Your personality is your most valuable asset” and taught us how to use what makes us fascinating to help us stand out in our market place.

Sally pointed out that when all things are equal, whichever thing, person, product, business, service, etc. is the most fascinating will always win.

To demonstrate, she told a story about going on a ride at a theme park. There were two options: a green ticket or an orange ticket. The difference, she was told was “the orange ticket was the more intense and exciting ride and had more thrills. The green ticket was for those who wanted a milder, less intense version of the ride.”

The lines were not only much longer for the orange ticket ride, but the people were visibly and audibly excited in the orange-ticket holder line. On the contrary, in the green-ticket holder line people were subdued and looked kind of bored.

After riding the orange ticket ride, Sally decided to see what the difference was, so she rode the green ticket ride. She discovered that the rides were exactly the same!

So even though the rides were the same, the orange ticket ride held more fascination.

Which type of ride are you supplying your prospects and customers? An uneventful one or an exciting one? If you think you could inject more life into your marketing and business please read on. I’m about to give you 10+ years of research into a few short paragraphs.

You see Sally showed how you can make yourself and your business into the “orange ticket experience” by using what she calls your “fascination advantage.”

The key according to the more than ten years of research that Sally did, are the seven different modes of “communication triggers” which define your “fascination advantage.” These triggers are: Passion, Trust, Mystique, Prestige, Power, Alarm, and Rebellion.

One of those triggers is your most natural trigger. You also have a secondary trigger. In all, there are 49 different combinations. And one of these is your “fascination advantage.”

For example, someone who has a primary trigger of power and a secondary trigger of prestige has the personality archetype called “The Maestro.” Maestros lead with command and earn respect with higher standards. Their strengths are that they are ambitious, admired, focused, respected, competitive and results-oriented.

The more you build your company around the strengths of your natural trigger, the more successful you will be. Because you are truly unique and no one can imitate you. Which means the greatest value you can add is to become more of yourself.

In fact, Sally’s studies show that when you find ways to accelerate and amplify your fascination, your ideal client’s brain enters into intense focus, almost as if they are spell-bound. This changes their brain and will get them to automatically think “yes” instead of “no,” causing them to go to greater lengths to work with you.

For instance, if you are a “Maestro”, you would focus on targeting people who are decision-makers that want better results. By focusing on your “fascination advantage”, in other words doing more of what comes naturally to you; decision-makers who want better results will be drawn to you.

2) Fascinate your audience in nine seconds or less. The average attention span in now nine seconds, which means in order to win over your prospect, customer, client or patient, you have to zero in on your fascination advantage in nine seconds or less. For example, if your advantage is prestige, then your prospect wants respect and results. You would fascinate your audience by over-delivering.

3) Communicate your highest value with the “Golden Triangle.” The three sides of the Golden Triangle represent: the need or problem your client needs solved, the opportunity your product or service has that allows you to solve the need, and your fascination advantage which is how you are most likely to add distinct value.

4) Optimize your team. Sally says that to optimize your team, you don’t want to hire people that are like you. Instead you want to hire people that will add what you need and compliment your fascination advantage with their own fascination advantage.

5) Fascinate long-term to create lifelong clients. Think about some of the companies or people that continue to be fascinating such as Apple and Warren Buffet. By focusing on their “fascination advantage”, they continue to lead their field. Using your fascination advantage long term causes loyalty and an audience willing to pay more for products and services.

Your personality is your ultimate asset. In fact, in many cases your personality doesn’t just add value, it IS the value. The higher income you want and expect, the more it’s about who you are and not what you do.

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Yes, you’re fascinating, but are you using it to your advantage? was last modified: January 11th, 2015 by Dave Dee

Dave Dee is one of Dan Kennedy's most successful students. Dave saw Dan speak over 16 years ago at one of the Peter Lowe Success Events when he was a struggling magician. He bought Magnetic Marketing and as you will hear when he tells you his story, his life changed in less than 90 days. Dave became a very serious student of Dan's by attending my seminars, joining his coaching group and most of all from implementing what he learned. For more money-making marketing tips, tactics and strategies, go to www.gkic.com

9 Responses

Wow! I’m on my year long journey tapping into and extracting all of who and what I am. This fascination discovery skill set is just what I need to I believe complete the journey. It’s everything I’ve been looking for. She went from $3,000 a speaking engagement to $30,000, that’s truly fascinating. She should be on Barbara Walters list sharing how we can all be more fascinating.

Hello, i to was at the S.C. and i thought that Sally was fantastic. Today,Tuesday may 7,i met a
train operator who saw me get off at the Reagan National airport heading to the conference.
I didn’t know him but he inquired about my vacation? So i told him about the money making
conference for all business,mine was real estate and he says,he is looking to buy some property
in Fla.,so i gave him my business cards I told him of my contacs in Fla. Now,my primary
trigger is Power /Trust as my 2nd so does that mean that this gentleman recognized the Guardian
in me?

[…] 3) Start using your personality brand to your advantage when managing your team. My report also revealed how I could get the most out of my team by knowing what their fascination advantages were. (Step four of Sally Hogshead’s five step system for amplifying your fascination advantage as exposed in our blog post, “Yes, You’re Fascinating, But Are You Using It To Your Advantage?”) […]

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